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A Day in the Life 
Buck's Muscle World 
Gelatin Pooch 
Gift, The 
Glitch, The 
Gridlock 
Minstrel in the Gallery 
Nothing Shocking 
Pump First, Pay Later 
Range of Motion 
Running Amuck 
Sissy Traverse 
Social Disorder 
Sport Climbing is Neither 
Unnamed 
Where the Down Boys Go 
Yaak Crack 

The Gallery

Submitted By: Mike Morley on Feb 16, 2004
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BETA PHOTO: The Gallery


Description 

The Gallery is south facing and warm on cold days. The routes range from 5.8 to 5.13a/b. The Gift (5.12d) has been climbed in several climbing videos and is one of the 18 routes at the Gallery.

[Reprinted with permission from Jed Botsford, Climbing Ranger - RRCNCA].


Getting There 

To reach the Gallery, follow the trail from the second pullout until it forks, take the left fork and follow it up and over the hill to a pine tree in the wash. At this point you are directly below the Gallery. Cross the wash and follow the slabs up to the Gallery.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Gallery:
Running Amuck   5.10c     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Range of Motion   5.10d     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
Unnamed   5.11a     Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
A Day in the Life   5.11b     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Gridlock   5.11c     Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Social Disorder   5.11d     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Yaak Crack   5.11d     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Minstrel in the Gallery   5.12b     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
The Glitch   5.12c     Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
The Gift   5.12d     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
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Featured Route For The Gallery
Ahhh, winter in Vegas!  Photo courtesy of Andy Mayer.

The Gift 5.12d  NV : Red Rock : ... : The Gallery
One of the best and most famous hard-12 sport climbs in North America. It's been called 12c for years, but most of the current guidebooks now rate it 12d. This is an awesome, steep, strenuous route, involving thuggish climbing to a delicate crux at the very end. Much of the climbing in the lower section would probably clock in at about 12a/b. The crux, involving a technical high step and reach to an elusive pebble, is not that hard in of itse...[more]   Browse More Classics in NV


Photos of The Gallery Slideshow Add Photo
Second Pullout Overview

BETA PHOTO: Second Pullout Overview

Sarah Taylor at the Gallery on a sunny day.

Sarah Taylor at the Gallery on a sunny day.

Looking on at the Gallery

Looking on at the Gallery

Approaching the Gallery, right after trail crosses over ravine.

Approaching the Gallery, right after trail crosses...

lost on the way to the gallery...

lost on the way to the gallery...

Unknown climber working the steep side of the Gallery...

Unknown climber working the steep side of the Gall...

Yak Crack, photo: Bob Horan Collection

Yak Crack, photo: Bob Horan Collection

Bouldering at the base of the Gallery

Bouldering at the base of the Gallery